[FRIAM] satire collapse

[Marcus Daniels]

The benefit of this parental approach is that reinforces the cognitive dominance of the parent without coercion. The downside is that it probably accelerates the evolution of the child’s escape tactics. They think more, reveal less. 
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” ― Søren Kierkegaard 

From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> on behalf of Steve Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com>
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 10:49 AM
To: friam at redfish.com <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] satire collapse 

I'm not very up on Dexter, the show nor character but I have the general outline. I often think that my awareness of lying (with words, actions, affect) as a *choice* put me on the edge between being a sociopath and being "far from it"... had I felt that lying was a necessity or in some way ends/means justified I could easily have put whatever talents I might have for persuasion or misdirection in acutely anti/a/mis/dys-social modes. 
Or maybe I do and am in denial... and those who I haven't drawn into my web of lies simply don't see it either. Being human is tricky... 
On 3/26/26 11:08 am, Marcus Daniels wrote: 

Steve writes: 
“My parents were acutely good at not allowing me to project much with 
them manipulatively... they seemed to *almost always* actually respond 
to what I was thinking/feeling rather than any actions or affects I 
might have tried to generate to get a specific response from them. I 
very much appreciate that style of levelness, for all the ways it 
interfered with my childhood deviousness.” 
Lol.. Dexter Episode 204: See Through

“Harry tells young Dexter to lie to the psychiatrist, to think about what he's going to say, but to say the exact opposite of what he's thinking.” 






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